Re: How to Install Postgres 8.3 in Solaris 10 as a service

2009/5/27 Anirban Pal <anirban(dot)pal(at)newgen(dot)co(dot)in>:
> Dear all members,
>
> I have been working on postgres (windows), for last 8 months. Recently, a
> client requrement requires me to install postgres in solaris 10. What I did
> is this. Untar the deliverables from postgresql.org website, for correct
> version. Open a command window and write necessary commands to run it. If I
> want to close postgres, I have to close previously opened window and then do
> the comand writing task again. And If somebody wants to close or restart the
> postgres server, he/she have to come physically to the server(in some case
> remote is not possible). Is it possible to run postgres as a service, in
> Solaris 10 (64 bit) also, like windows. Waiting for positive reply.
>
> Regards
> Anirban Pal
>
>
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Remember that in Solaris you have SMF to initialize Postgresql with more
'intelligence'.

Is a perfect document that describes the complete installation of Pgsql on
this platform:

http://dlc.sun.com/pdf/819-5578/819-5578.pdf

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